BOOKTUBE-A-THON #6

I managed to read 358 pages today, wow. I finished the first book of my trilogy and got halfway through the second. So I might be able to finish it tomorrow! :3 I also listened to part 1 and 2 of my audiobook in between, so I've only got 2 hours to go of that. Gonna set up my alarm tomorrow and get up the earliest I can to finish this challenge <3

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BOOKTUBE-A-THON #5

Just a quick update to let you guys know that I finished reading Peter Pan today! Actually I read 2 books cause it contained Peter Pan & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and I really loved it! Although I've only read 169 pages it seemed a lot more. I also felt really tired and dizzy some moments (probably because of the meds I have to take now) that I didn't start reading my trilogy. I realized I probably won't be able to finish booktubeathon anyway, cause I only have 2 days to finish 700 pages and listen to an audiobook. But oh well, I'll see where I can get :) For now this is the progress.

BOOKTUBE-A-THON #4

While resting I have been reading nearly the whole day today and finally finished The Order of the Phoenix. I also started reading Peter Pan, cause I decided to take that as my classic. I'm at page 76 now and I'm going to try to get to 100 before I go to bed so in total I'll have read around 250 pages again. I realized this is kind of my maximum for a day.

Hopefully I'll finish Peter Pan tomorrow, so I will only have my trilogy left. As for the audiobook I might take the adaptation of Neverwhere, cause I found it online and I wanted to listen to it anyway! That way I'll do all the challenges of booktubeathon.

xoxo ~

Surgery + BOOKTUBE-A-THON #3

So today I had my surgery and it went well! I don't know if I already wrote about it on my blog, but I had to get my wisdom teeth removed and also get dental implants. I woke up twice last night and decided to drink sth before 8am (because after that I had to stay sober) and tried to sleep as long as possible. My dad came to pick me (and my mum and sister) up at 1pm and brought us to the hospital. I was really stressing out at first, my parents told me to calm down, I really almost started crying and I don't even know why. It's not a big surgery, but I was so scared cause I've never had surgery before. They also told me to put my glasses off so I couldn't see a thing which stressed me out too (my eyesight is like -6 so yeah).

Anyway when they anesthetized me it was quite funny, they didn't even tell me, the woman was checking my blood pressure and the guy was like 'sleep well' and the next moment I was gone. It took my quite a while to wake up and after a while I started really feel the pain, but it wasn't unbearable, only at the left side I felt it more than the right side, so they gave me painkillers just in case. Around 6pm they told me I could leave, so I got up to get dressed. I still felt a bit dizzy though, but apparently that's normal. When I came home I took a nap and after that felt much better and ate some petit gervais. I have been tumbling while pressing a coldpack against my cheeks and eating soup and some more petit gervais. I'm really glad that this is over and I don't have to worry about it anymore.

Of course I wasn't able to read anymore today so I'll do a day extra for my booktubeathon and do day 4 tomorrow. As for day 3 I read around 100 pages of HP yesterday, cause I had an appointment and also had to work in the evening so I've barely been home.

Gonna stop now cause this post it longer than I thought =p

Wooooshh<3

(how is everyone coping with the heath btw? o.O)

BOOKTUBE-A-THON #1/2

I decided to update my booktubeathon challenge every day, but I forgot to write yesterday so I'll write for two days now.

DAY 1

I got up rather late today and continued reading Pride and Prejudice. I also read a bit in Harry Potter, and in total I read 155 pages. It doesn't sound that much, but people kept talking around me, so it was rather hard to keep concentrated.

DAY 2

Today I've set my alarm at 10am and got up at 10:30 and immediately started reading. I started with HP and while doing other stuff in between (like washing my clothes, cleaning up the kitchen,..) I still managed to read 200 pages.

I wanted to read 50 pages of Pride and Prejudice, but I have to admit I'm not really fond of the story. I really thought I was going to like it, but it's way different than I expected and it's kind of boring me. I'm almost halfway and literally nothing has happened.. I'm thinking of not reading it anymore and reading The Great Gatsby instead, but I only have the Dutch edition and I'd rather read the original.. So I'm kind of conflicted..

I think I'm just going to read another 50 pages of HP and if I still have time, try to continue with Pride and Prejudice. That way I'll finish the '300 pages a day' challenge for today.

I'm also going to make a video at the end of the week (or later, cause my face will be swollen after my surgery) about how it went.

I won't be able to read much tomorrow since I have an appointment and I have to work in the evening, but I'll try to read as much as possible in between! For the ones participating: how are your challenges going to far? :3

p.s. don't let the wrackspurts get you!~

BOOKTUBE-A-THON

Soo, there's this thing going on on youtube called booktube-a-thon and I'm going to participate! If you don't know about it, you can watch the original video here. I also made a vlog about it with my reads:

In case you can't watch the video's, here are the challenges again:

1) read an average of 300 pages a day

2) read a book with over 500 pages

3) re-read one book

4) finish a series/trilogy

5) read a book that's been on your shelf forever

6) listen to an audiobook

7) read a classic

If you guys participate, let me know which books you're going to read! :3

Good luck!~

C'est le temps de l'amour, le temps des copains et de l'aventure ♥

Today has been a lovely day. I woke up early, around 9am (yeah that's early for me xD) because I got post and my mum and sister's present for me arrived <3

I'm soo happy. From the moment I watched Moonrise Kingdom for the first time I was in love with it. I love it so much. I watched it in a time where I had some struggles and it helped me through and made me feel so much better and gave me hope. So for my birthday I asked the dvd and soundtrack cd (cause the music is really amazing! It's mostly composed by Alexandre Desplay, who also wrote music for the last Harry Potter films) and it arrived today! My mum and sister haven't seen it yet so I asked if we can all watch it together this evening, so I hope they'll like it :3

So after my breakfast I also arranged some stuff for my school (that's another story, maybe I'll tell later) and in the afternoon we went shopping, me and my mum. We really had a lovely day, we looked together and helped each other choose. 

Also bought a red velvet hat :3


I love sales  (⌒▽⌒)☆

✿Inspiring Monday✿

Today was way too hot, so the best thing to do was staying inside and blogging (obviously). I've been tumbling and watching House M.D. the whole day basically. Meantime I thought of sharing some inspiring stuff.




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That's it for today. Maybe I should share inspiring stuff every Monday? I think I'm going to do that :3
For now, enjoy the heat (ahum) and have a lovely week!

xoxo

OOTD: Geek Monkey

Today my inner Cosima spoke to me and I decided to try out her make-up. For the ones who don't know her, I'm talking about Cosima Niehaus from Orphan Black.

I didn't have a picture with me so I tried it out with what I remembered. I also found a dress that reminded me of something she would wear or at least the print.

The make-up

The dress is basically a long dress with this print

Her outfits are absolutely amazing and I really want her wardrobe! I went to the city to look for a skirt that looks like hers, but couldn't find it. Better luck next time. Also, she's one of my faves of the show (together with Helena) and she makes me want to go to the library and geek out. I'll probably do that this weekend :3

Yeah I called this post Geek Monkey because of reasons. If you've watched OB you'll understand, if you haven't, you should! It's only 10 episodes and one season (but don't worry, season 2 is on it's way) and if you like sci-fi/crime sort of style, you're surely going to like it!

Tomorrow I'm going to a bookfair with a friend and we're going to disneybound Sleeping Beauty. My friend as Aurora and me as Maleficent (ow yeah). I'm looking forward to it! :3

xoxo

Rat heaven & good deeds

Today I had to put my last rat to sleep :<
I noticed yesterday evening that he was very quiet and didn't eat and drink anymore, he didn't even take his rat candy anymore so I knew something was wrong, but I didn't know what to do. I put him in a separate cage and took him with me when I went to bed. I was really afraid he wouldn't get through the night. I woke up several times and kept checking if he was still alive. At 11am he was really doing bad and I just saw that he was suffering, so I decided to put him to sleep.
I had to work at 2:30pm, so I went to the vet with a taxi cause I had no other choice. Luckily the taxi driver was really friendly and he waited till I was done and brought me back home. Also, normally I had to pay a lot more to the vet because it was an emergency call, but she took the money for a normal consultation, so that was really friendly too! Those are maybe small things, but they really helped me through my day. People often complain about the bad things people do, but we should also appreciate the small and good deeds. Thanks to them I got on time for work and how sad it may sound, at least my rattie isn't suffering anymore and he's got a place in rat heaven with his brothers. I only need to find a place to bury him now.

Since I'm going to England I won't take new rats, but I already know I'm really going to miss having rats. They were the best pets I ever had! They're so adorable, sweet and loving. It's sad they don't live very long..

I want to dedicate the rest of this post to all the rats I ever had. I'm missing each and every one of you </3

Myra:

Ophelia:

Emily:

Sugar:

 

Muffin:

 

 

Lars:

 

Aro:

Kello:

  

Seeing all their faces makes me sad again :(

I will add more pictures tomorrow and work on the lay-out, cause I have no idea why some pictures aren't next to each other.

x

Beaches & birthday

Today was a lovely day, the weather was so nice! Unfortunately I couldn't enjoy it because I had to work, but feeling the sun again makes me happy. We've had a very long winter and didn't really have spring. And suddenly it's 27 degrees! Welcome to Belgium.

Weather like this makes me want to go to the beach barefoot and feel the sand between my toes.

Unfortunately there's no beach nearby and I have no time/money to go to the other side of Belgium :<
But my birthday is coming up soon, so maybe I should ask for a trip to the beach :3
Cause I really have no idea what to do! I basically have no friends to go out with, so I don't feel like throwing a party this year, except maybe with 2 people I'm closest with. I was thinking about a fairytale themed day, but because everyone has exams now I'll probably celebrate it at the end of June anyway, so maybe I'll get an idea until then. Any ideas are welcome!

Also, they're going to remove my braces next week, yay, so happy <3

What are your summer plans, if you have any? Are you guys going on holiday, if so, where? Tell me :3

xoxo

Lana Del Rey concert

So as I wrote in my previous post I went to the Lana Del Rey concert last week and I'll copy my post from tumblr:

'So yesterday I went to Lana Del Rey and it was absolutely amazing! It was at Vorst Nationaal in Brussels and I went there at 1pm to start queuing. I think there were already around 50-60 people. At 6pm the doors opened and everyone was pulling and pushing and rushing to get in, and it was kind of unfair because there were people who were there from 10am who didn’t get the front row because other people were being rude. The waiting was so stressy, but I got the second row so I was really happy about that. First there was a supporting act and they were surprisingly good! It was a band called Kassidy from Scotland. After that we waited another half an hour and then Lana came on stage and OMG she’s absolutely gorgeous & perfect ♥ She looks so much younger in real life, so much different than her pictures! She wore a green dress and aaah it was so pretty <3

The concert was just perfect <33 In the beginning I couldn’t hear her well, but after that it got better. She sang all the songs I wanted her to sing, like Cola, Gods & Monsters, Summertime Sadness, Ride & Young and Beautiful (and many more of course). I totally cried at Young and Beautiful and cried even more at Ride (because I listened to it in my bad days and it reminded me of that again). The only thing that sucked were the people. They were so rude and kept pushing and pulling, we could barely breath. A lot of people also fainted because of the heat and the crowd.

But Lana is so sweet, she came to the front row during her concert to take pictures and sign! Unfortunately I couldn’t get a picture with her, but while queuing earlier I got a signed Great Gatsby book because I was one of the first. The other ones got a vinyl record box of hers (which I’m totally jealous of), but I’m glad with what I got. At least I have her signature :3

It totally rocked and I already want to go back despite all the stupid people. Suffering from post-Lana depression now!'

xoxo

Yes, I'm still alive!

Oh gosh, I haven't written on my blog for ages. These past months I've been dragged into the world of tumblr and forgot about real life :')
A lot has happened these months, there have been good times and bad times, I don't know where to start. I'll try to take up where I left off.

So meanwhile I got totally obsessed over 'Once Upon A Time' the tv show and have been tumbling about it for months. I started watching it last year in summer, but got obsessed again after I re-watched in February.

But the biggest event that happened in my life is probably in April when I went to London. I went twice because I auditioned for 2 drama schools. It was a stressy period, but I'm glad I experienced it. The first time I went to London all by myself and stayed at a friend of a friend of my mum (haha) and I auditioned for  The International School of Screen Acting. You can read about my trip to London here and about my audition here! Here are also some pictures if you're interested: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. The second time I went with a friend and we stayed at a hostel in New Cross. We went into London again, went to see Wicked and I auditioned for ALRA. You can read about it here and again some pictures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. If you read it you know that I didn't get through my audition at ALRA, but I did get through my audition at the ISSA, so basically I'm going to study in London for the next 2 years! :3 I'm really excited and scared at the same time. I'm still looking for a place to stay and everything's so expensive.. Every day is a day closer to London!

Unfortunately I also have some sad news, the 12th of May my grandfather in Turkey passed away. He was already struggling with his health for more than a year and I'm really sad that we haven't seen him since last summer.. :( My mum went to Turkey for the funeral, but we couldn't go because I had to work and my sister has school. I really hope to go to Turkey soon again to see my grandmother, but atm I'm scared to go with everything that's been going on in Turkey lately..

Some happier news is that recently it was my rat's 3th birthday! Look at my baby



Also, I went to the Lana Del Rey concert a couple of days ago! I'll make a new post about that.

I don't know if anyone's actually still reading my blog, but I'm really going to force myself to write again about stuff that's happening and I'm also going to cover some songs soon. I promise I won't disappear again!

xoxo

Update

I realized I've been neglecting my blog again. I didn't really know what to write. But today I thought of writing again. At the moment I still haven't got a job. I applied for Lush, but I'm waiting for a reply. I'm mostly spending my days on Tumblr or reading a book. In the beginning of January I also did an audition for a short film, but I'm also waiting for a reply.

Today was rather a sad day cause I had to put one of my rats to sleep. He had a tumor next to his nose so they couldn't operate him anymore and I took care of him for two weeks with an ointment, but this morning I heard he had trouble with breathing and the tumor was so big that this was the best thing to do for him, otherwise he would have suffocated, or starved.. :(

One of the last pictures of Aro I took last week

I'm going to miss him. He was a very sweet & strong rat :(

I thought of also posting my to-do list/goals for 2013, although I'm way too late, but oh well..

I already failed at the 'eat fruit everyday' part and spend less time on the internet xD

But I do play the violin everyday again and I meditate every night before I go to bed!

Oh and I got a haircut! I thought they were going to cut it really short because of all the unhealthy parts of my hair, but it turned out to be longer than I expected!

Don't mind my face though.

So what have you guys been up to?

xoxo